MOUTHY KID???????????
Here I go again, putting my two cents worth in, but remember...you asked lol.
How old are your children? My son is 10 and when he gets a little too mouthy he loses his ps2. IF he keeps on, the Ivory is at the kitchen sink with a special tooth brush. Some call that abuse. I don't. My mom did it to me and to this day I keep my language respectable. As a last resort, he gets spanked. I don't know if this will work for you, or if you even agree with what I've said, it's just an opinion.
Sometimes when Dru gets mouthy, he has one of his friends over and I think he's trying to make an impression. When he does that I don't care who's there, I remind him who he's speaking to, and that I'm not one of his friends. He apoligizes, sometimes grudgingly, with some embarrassment. Maybe your son is trying to be the 'big boy in the house' and thinks he can get away with it. I hope your other kids look at him, see what he's doing and say 'no way am I trying that, mom will get me good.'
yes i do agree but i am sorry i have 3 kids my oldest is 9 my adhd (mouthy son) is 6 and the baby is a boy he is 2 i do think he needs a spankin at times when everything else fails here where live in a partment complex during the summer the office does free lunches well tomorrow will be the first day he has been excited for this well tomorrow he wont get to go he is eating lunch at home with his baby brother while his sister goes and has lunch i use to use the soap but i never put it on a toothbruxh it is a good idea maybe we will try it i like it so maybe we will go buy a special toothbruish for this and give it a try anything is worth a try when i am at my wit ends[QUOTE=stepmom2maddy]
Oh well, I guess redemption will come when she is a mother.
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I rely on that train of thought.......LOL! By the way, I've heard very similar type comments as the ones you're SD said to you about the pillows and couch. It catches me off gaurd every time. My son is very moved by other people's emotions, so I began explaining to him that these types of comments hurt me so much as a mom. I have frequently used the phrase "hurts me in my heart." I don't know....for some reason, that seems to make him apologize completely on his own. Now....it hasn't ENDED the problems, but I do think it's lessened them greatly.
Sometimes I am just shocked at the random comments my SD makes. She will sit and think about something for awhile, then decides to share. What she says is SO disrespectful at times it blows me away. The problem is she doesn't realize it--she thinks she is just making an observation.
For example, one day we were watching tv together. I got up for a second and she took all the pillows for herself. I explained to her that it is impolite to do that. She just says, "Well, you weren't using it." Only very sassy. I was like--"Excuse me, missy, but I bought this couch and I am nice enough to let you join me on it. So, you need to be polite and share."
She sat there all po'd for a while. Then said, "You didn't buy this couch. You don't have a job or money. It belongs to Daddy, and he would let me have what I want."
I was dumbfounded by this comment. I explained that I contribute immensly to this family, and Daddy and I are a partnership. Just because I don't work outside the home does not mean I don't have value. However, I don't think she really understood why I was so hurt.
Oh well, I guess redemption will come when she is a mother.
stepmom i know where you are coming from my daughter has said stuff like that to me and i get so mad she now knows not to say those things because it hurts me i to dont work but we own a store together so i do work up there quite a bit but still it dont matter me and my husband do things to gether so it is both of are stuff my son says the rudest and meanest things and i hope when his therapist talk to him it helps because i aint sure if i can get threw to himLeigh_GA_66
I say the exact same thing. I got it from a friend of mine--we used to joke like that. However, it nows comes in very handy with my SD. She kind of feels bad, but I don't think it supercedes her "anger" in the moment. She just can't edit herself to save others feelings sometimes.
[QUOTE=Tryan920][QUOTE=addexec]but sometimes it males me CRAZY!!!!
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Freudian slip? 
What ever happened to "Because I said so" as an explanation?
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Nothing .. I use it all of the time. I also ask him "who's the boss" right up until my 17month old was born he would always say "you are" and give up the fight. Now he says "J.J. is" which gives us both comic relief. But the arguing drives me crazy so I don't.
Why do they do this to us? Am i being punshied for giving my mother a hard time as a kid? I'm beginning to wonder. I love the excause what did i do? phrase. [QUOTE=addexec]But the thing that drives me nuts is his need to have a satisfactory explananation, as if he can just debate his way out of anything.
What ever happened to "Because I said so" as an explanation?
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My son is like that too. He has to have an exact reason for whatever it is that I've refused to let him do. I try to do this, but sometimes it males me CRAZY!!!!
[QUOTE=redhead]I had a posting on this subject, mouthy kid needs stopped-- my 7year old daughter is very mouthy, espically when she's tired, hungry. We take things away from her and you would think that gets through to her,no,then i start to scream and take away the tv, i show her i unplug it and that works... I'm not sure if this is a "girl" thing because i have friends who's son's are the same, i was told at one time it was a girl thing. At any rate i try to be consistent at discplining her,so she gets it. [/QUOTE]
I don't think its a girl thing. My son does the same stuff. Taking stuff away seems to just touch off a doom cycle. Luckily it only gets really bad when he's tired.
But the thing that drives me nuts is his need to have a satisfactory explananation, as if he can just debate his way out of anything.
What ever happened to "Because I said so" as an explanation?
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